Twitter has to comply with the new Information Technology Rules for digital media in the event that they haven’t stayed, the Delhi High Court mentioned on Monday.
Justice Rekha Palli issued discover to the Centre and social media platform Twitter looking for their stand on a plea by a lawyer, Amit Acharya, claiming non-compliance of the rules by it.
While Twitter claimed earlier than the courtroom that it has complied with the rules and appointed a resident grievance officer, the central authorities disputed the declare.
“They have to follow it (rules), if it has not been stayed,” the courtroom mentioned.
In his plea, filed by advocate Akash Vajpai and Manish Kumar, Acharya mentioned that he got here to know concerning the alleged non-compliance when he tried to lodge a criticism in opposition to a few tweets.
During the listening to, central authorities standing counsel Ripudaman Singh Bhardwaj advised the courtroom that Twitter has not complied with the rules.
Acharya, in his plea, mentioned that the new IT Rules took impact from February 25 and the Centre had given three months to each social media middleman, together with Twitter, to comply with them.
He contended that the three-month interval bought over on May 25, however no resident grievance officer was appointed by Twitter to deal with complaints relating to tweets on its platform.
The petition has sought a course to Twitter to nominate a resident grievance officer with out additional delay. It has additionally sought a course to the Centre to make sure that the IT rules are complied with.
Twitter had not too long ago mentioned it was dedicated to India as a significant market, however criticised the new IT rules and rules, saying they “inhibit free, open public conversation”.
Responding to Twitter’s feedback, the Centre had mentioned the social media platform was levelling baseless and false allegations to defame India and dictating phrases to the world’s largest democracy.
The Centre alleged that Twitter refused to comply with new digital rules requiring identification of the originator of a flagged message and appointing grievance redressal officers and the purported dedication of the US-based agency to India not solely sounds hole however utterly self-serving.
Under the new digital rules, social media corporations like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have been requested to establish inside 36 hours the originator of a flagged message in addition to conduct extra due diligence, together with the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact particular person and resident grievance officer.
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